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2009 Laser SB3 UK National Champiopnship - Falmouth

2009 Laser SB3 UK National Champiopnship - Falmouth

Images by www.falmouthphotos.com   Laser SB3 sailor Craig Burlton had a double celebration last week in Falmouth when he celebrated his birthday midway through winning a hotly contested SB3 UK National Championship. In topping the near seventy-boat fleet, past European Champion Burlton, saw off challenges from perennial dinghy and sportsboat champion Mike Budd and reigning SB3 World Champion Geoff Carveth. Reflecting on his championship win which he achieved wit...

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18' Skiff International Championship - Carnac, France

18' Skiff International Championship - Carnac, France

Image by Ingrid Abery.   The 18’ Skiff International Championship has attracted an impressive thirty boat fleet to Carnac, France. As the teams go into the final day the leaderboard is headed by Rob Greenhalgh, Dan Johnson and Phil Harmer aboard Benny and their performance is all the more impressive given that helm Greenhalgh flew directly to the event from the finish of the Volvo Ocean Race in Russia after helping Kenny Read’s Puma to a second p...

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2009 Farr 40 World Championship in Porto Cervo

2009 Farr 40 World Championship in Porto Cervo

Image by Stefano Gattini/Carlo Borlenghi.   The final day of racing in the Rolex Farr 40 World Championship 2009 saw the 25 boat fleet line up for the tenth and final race with just one point separating the top two teams. All was set for a duel to the death between two time world champion Jim Richardson (1998, 2004) on Barking Mad and Massimo Mezzaroma with his Nerone (ITA), winner of the 2003 World Championship.   In the end Nerone , with Vasco V...

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2009 JP Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race images....

2009 JP Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race images....

Image by Ingrid Abery.   We have got two galleries packed with great images from the 2009 JP Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race.   You can see John Greenway's Marine Action shots here and Ingrid Abery's images here . ...

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Transpacific Yacht Race: Charisma leads the fleet to Hawaii

03 July 2009   21:34
The July 3rd Daily Standings as of 0600 PDT for Transpac 09 have the Spanish crew aboard Charisma leading the charge to Hawaii.  Charisma is 1,734 nautical miles from Hawaii and over 150 miles ahead of her nearest competitor ...

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iShares Cup Hyeres: Gitana Extreme's day wont go down in history

03 July 2009   20:58
  This first day of racing at Hyères has been marked by the domination of the Oman Sail Masirah catamaran. Pete Cumming scored four bullets in the six races run today. For the crew of Gitana Extreme – LCF ...

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Match Cup Sweden: French teams storm semi finals; Gilmour primed to cause havoc

03 July 2009   20:32
Quarter final day at Match Cup Sweden, stage 5 of the 2009 World Match Racing Tour brought an early westerly breeze that built throughout the competition. The racing started a little after 10am and by midday the crowds were ...

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